Ensuring safe foods and medical products through stronger regulatory systems abroad [electronic resource] / Jim E. Riviere and Gillian J. Buckley, editors ; Committee on Strengthening Core Elements of Food and Drug Regulatory Systems in Developing Countries, Board on Global Health and the Board on Health Science Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

A very high proportion of the seafood we eat comes from abroad, mainly from China and southeast Asia. Most of the active ingredients in medicines we take originate in other countries. A substantial share of the produce we consume is grown in Latin America. Many low- and middle-income countries have...

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